vibraphone

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But the track has a notable omission: the very instrument Roy Ayers was known for, the vibraphone.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

He studied vibraphone and percussion and began incorporating Latin jazz into his own music, recording his first two albums.

From BBC • Dec. 27, 2025

On “Rated OG,” he adds intriguing curlicue accents to a chord progression rendered on vibraphone as a forceful, distorted bass riff chugs along underneath.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025

The riches haven’t materialized yet, DeBardi stressed, as he listed the instruments — everything from a vibraphone to timpanis to guitars — he bought on the cheap when he had “like, $300 to my name.”

From Seattle Times • Jan. 16, 2024

Music historians will always remember him as the man who introduced the vibraphone into jazz.

From 100 New Yorkers of the 1970s by Millard, Max